Or, welcome to my low-maintenance heck.

Apparently, the British Met Office, the nation's chief meteorology institute, has "strongly encouraged" the scientists it has on staff to sign a petition "defending" Global Warming.

And by "strongly encouraged," I mean "threatened to fire."

After all, nothing says "Science!" more than being given the choice of defending a particular viewpoint or losing your job. Between the threatening and the bullying, it really reminds one of the beautiful process of independent scientific inquiry and the free exchange of ideas.